Category: wearable
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Alpaca Pome Hat for Mom
This one was always intended to be a Christmas gift to my Mom, but I finished it in May. That might be the earliest I’ve ever started or finished a present.
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Easy Kitty Hat
Remember my simple hat post? It’s been done for a while now. The cloud helpfully made a collage out of my selfie attempts showcasing the finished object: What’s fun about this hat is that it’s actually just a rectangular bag that you wear on your head. the “ears” aren’t built in at all, they’re an…
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Clapotis Wrap for S
I was visiting So Much Yarn in Seattle and looking for possible presents for folk with September birthdays. When I saw this beautiful rayon yarn with a thread of gold in it knit up in the store, though, I knew I had a winner for my sister. The Pattern Clapotis on Ravelry (so you can…
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A simple hat in progress
Most of my energies have gone into the new house lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been making things too, just that I haven’t had as much time for writing up of late. So here’s what’s currently on the needles while I start sorting through the backlog of photos and creations: This is from…
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Definitely a right-brained brain hat
I actually did complete this hat before giving it to M for Christmas 2013, but apparently I can’t find pictures of it (or the kraken hat I made for S the same year), so instead you get this one photo of it with only one side completed: BTW, I chose the title for this post…
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February 2015 Knit-a-long: A very belated part 2
You might remember that I posted week 1 and 2 photos from this KAL, but forgot to post the other two weeks of photos and finished object photos here. I finished this back in March at the end of the KAL, so it’s a bit late! Pattern: Fern Lace Shawlette Fern Lace Shawlette by Michele…
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Small Starry Sweater / Baby Astronomy Sweater
My friends are having their 2nd child, and since I actually kind of love making baby sweaters (so small! so cute!) I decided to prepare something to welcome her into the world. The Yarn This sweater is actually the first thing I’ve made from my Rose City Yarn Crawl haul. The yarn crawl is a…
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Summer Sweater for S (Bell-sleeved version of The Cherry Variations)
One of my personal goals for 2015 was to try knitting an adult-sized sweater. And I’m happy to say that I’ve managed it, although I admit I cheated a bit in making it for my sister rather than for myself, as she’s a few sizes smaller than I am. [Summer Sweater for S on Ravelry]…
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February 2015 Knit-a-long: week 1 and 2
A local designer (PDXKnitterati) started advertising herFebruary Knit-a-long (KAL) and I thought I’d give it a try. It’s an excuse to try out one of her lovely patterns, to take more pictures for sharing (I definitely need more practice photographing my knitting projects to best effect) and there are even prizes, which is fun.
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Rainbow Socks
When I started knitting, I promised myself I wouldn’t bother making socks. It’s just too much work for something that wears right out, I told myself. But gradually, I’ve started to notice that sock patterns have a lot of technique in them that I wanted to learn, and they’re much smaller and more manageable than…
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The WTF necklace
This one barely counts as a maker-y thing, in that all I really did was string some letters onto a faux-leather strap, but I think it’s hilarious and needed to be shared: Actually, this was much harder than it should have been. The necklace strap came pre-assembled and had to be disassembled so I could…
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Three generations of women, one hat
Here’s a project that’s been sitting in my queue of things-to-post for a while! This is a hat I made for my grandmother. It was a post-Christmas present, a project that I brought up so I’d have something to do over the holidays. Pattern The pattern is the Cup of Tea Cabled Touque by Jessica…